Both the BJP and a post-poll alliance of the Congress and the JD(S) have staked claim to form the government. The Times of India brings to you minute-by-minute updates

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | May 18, 2018, 10:06 IST

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Both the BJP and a post-poll alliance of the Congress and the JD(S) have staked claim to form the government. The Times of India brings to you minute-by-minute updates

* Supreme Court will resume hearing on Congress-JD(S) plea against Karnataka governor's decision to invite BJP to form government in the state today.
* BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa has been sworn-in as the Karnataka Chief Minister on Thursday, May 17, 2018.

* The Supreme Court on May 17 refused to stay Yeddyurappa's swearing-in as Karnataka CM after Congress-JD (S) combine made a last-ditch attempt to stall the saffron party's surge in the southern state

* Congress MLAs and leaders gather at Karnataka Vidhan Sabha to protest against Yeddyurappa's swearing in as the CM of Karnataka

*We will form the government with the support from JD(S), says Siddaramaiah after the meeting at Ashoka hotel in Bengaluru

*West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the Karnataka governor should call the Congress and the JD(S) to form the next government

*Union Ministers JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan made observers for legislative party meeting to be held tomorrow in Bengaluru

*The BJP legislature party to meet tomorrow in Bengaluru

*Congress President Rahul Gandhi thanks party workers and leaders for their dedication and untiring hard work in support of the party

KARNATAKA ELECTIONS 2018

MAJORITY MARK 113

Leads + Wins

BJP

104

INC

78

JD(S)+

38

OTH

2

Total

222 / 224

Disclaimer : On May 12, 2018, voting was held in 222 out of 224 seats.

*PM Narendra Modi, addressing party workers at BJP headquarter, extends his condolences to the families of deceased in Varanasi bridge collapse

*This is the 15th consecutive election where BJP is going to win: Party president Amit Shah

*Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks the people of Karnataka for "steadfastly supporting BJP’s development agenda"

*The coalition has 56 per cent vote share, and the governor has no option but to invite us to form government: Congress leader Randeep Surjewala

* Chief Minister Siddaramaiah submits his resignation to the Governor of Karnataka.
* BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa, in a press conference, thanks the party karyakartas for helping BJP emerge as the single-largest party in Karnataka.

* Congress is trying to subvert popular mandate under which the people of Karnataka have rejected their party: BS Yeddyurappa

* Under the leadership of PM Modi and Amit Shah, people have rejected Congress and accepted BJP. The 'janaadesh' is with BJP, says Yeddyurappa.

* The people of the state have defeated the Siddaramaiah government and the last five years of Congress government under him. He lost himeself from Chamundeshwari constituency: BS Yeddyurappa

* Reports suggest that the Karnataka Governor has agreed to meet political leaders only after the Election Commission comes out with the final results.

* HD Kumaraswamy, son of JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda, has won from both the constituencies where he contested: Ramanagaram and Channapatna.
* Since Kumaraswamy has let go of one of his seats, the new majority mark is 111.

* Siddaramaiah has won from Badami constituency.
* BS Yeddyurappa refused to comment on Congress-JD(S) alliance.

* Final results are not known yet. We will decide on the future course once all the results are out: BS Yeddyurappa, BJP's chief ministerial candidate

* Congress leader DK Shivakumar has said he is in touch with leading Independent MLAs in the state.
* Congress offers support to JD(S)+ to form a post-poll alliance, with the chief ministerial candidate of JD(S)'s choice.
* JD(S) has dominated the constituencies that are most impacted by the Cauvery dispute, with leads+wins adding to 28.
* BJP's R Ashoka has won from Padmanaba Nagar constituency.
* BJP's chief minister candidate BS Yeddyurappa has won from his constituency Shikaripura.
* Trends at 2.10pm show Congress leads + wins at 73, BJP leads + wins at 106, and JD(S)+ leads+ wins at 41.
* BJP's Nagendra secures 51,683 votes in Chamraja constituency, defeats Vasu (who secured 36,743 votes) of Congress by a margin of 14,940 votes.
* Hassan district has been put under tight security following following fear of post result violence.

* Trends at 1.30pm show Congress leading on 73 seats, BJP on 107 seats, and JD(S)+ on 40 seats.

* Both central and coastal Karnataka have shown to favour BJP, with the party leading on 18 seats in coastal areas, and 24 seats in central parts of the state.

* Congress, on the other hand, is leading on three seats in coastal Karnataka, and 11 seats in central areas.
* Congress candidate from Mangaluru, UT Abdul Khader, has won.

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